Wednesday, March 6, 2013

“Breaking down Amazon’s mega dropdown” by Ben Kamens

Wondering how Amazon get their dropdown to be that fast? Find out in this nice post

Monday, February 11, 2013

Flight (2012)

Last line in the movie "Flight (2012)", the son asks: "So, who are you?"; the father (Denzel Washington) replies: "That's a good question."!

Monday, January 21, 2013

What's The Most Dangerous Place on Earth? by Vsauce

Nice video, full of interesting facts!



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Published on Jan 20, 2013
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Music by Jake Chudnow: https://soundcloud.com/jakechudnow
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Vsauce3: http://www.youtube.com/Vsauce3

Falling into lava video: http://youtu.be/kq7DDk8eLs8

Flowing lava video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAymSMrOlOQ

What death by lava would actually be like: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/12/the-right-and-wrong-way-to-die-when...

Where you can find a lava lake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_lake

How percentage of people are still alive? http://what-if.xkcd.com/27/

Hypothermia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothermia

Mariana Trench: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_trench

AMAZING xkcd chart showing depths to scale (click for larger pic): http://xkcd.com/1040/

Influenza: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza

Black Death: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death

Malaria total fatalities: http://www.aaas.org/international/africa/malaria/gwadz.html

Global Peace Index: http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi-data/

Cabot Cove murder rate: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2191990/Murder-capital-world-Quiet-se...

Most dangerous cities by murder rate: http://www.businessinsider.com/most-dangerous-cities-in-the-world-2012-10?op=1

Dirtiest cities: http://www.popsci.com/environment/gallery/2008-06/worlds-dirtiest-cities

Lake Karachay: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2215023/Is-polluted-place-Eart...

Chernobyl as haven for wildlife: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/04/ff_chernobyl/all/